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By Bao Ong January 18, 2013 1:07 pmJanuary 18, 2013 1:07 pm

The Zlatne Uste Golden Festival in Brooklyn celebrates Balkan and Gypsy music at Grand Prospect Hall, 263 Prospect Avenue, in Park Slope. Events will run on Friday from 7:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., and tickets are $35 at the door or $30 in advance online. On Saturday, the festival will run from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m., and tickets are $55 at the door and $48 in advance. Children ages 12 and under are free.

In recognition of National Peking Duck Day, Hakkasan at 311 West 43rd Street in Midtown is cooking a modern version of the dish. On Friday, lunch and dinner will feature the “pipa duck,” in which the bird is roasted until crispy and a sweet hoisin sauce is slathered underneath the skin, for $32. For reservations, call (212) 776-1818.

Smoke Jazz and Supper Club-Lounge, 2751 Broadway, on the Upper West Side, pays tribute to a series of jazz drummers starting Friday with the Al Foster Quartet. Other performers include Jimmy Cobb and Bill Stewart. The sets start at 7, 9 and 10:30 p.m., and admission is $35 per person, which doesn’t include food.

Hoboken delis will take part in the inaugural Mutzfest, in which guests can taste mozzarella, vote for their favorite cheese and watch demonstrations from 2 to 6 p.m. on Sunday at the Elk’s Club, 1005 Washington Street. Tickets are $10 for adults, and children ages 10 and under are free.

Alobar, 46-42 Vernon Boulevard, in Long Island City, Queens, is offering a presidential inauguration special on Sunday, when all bourbons will be half off and the bacon bourbon whiskey sour is $5 all day.